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By John K. Waters
You might’ve missed it amid the spectacle of Gemini demos and AI ethics panels, but Google quietly rewired the front end of the web at its annual I/O conference—and it’s worth your attention. Not just because they streamlined carousels or snuck multimodal prompts into Chrome Canary. No, this is Google laying the groundwork for the next decade of web-native AI.
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At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft announced a significant update to its AI agent platform, adding support for low-code customization, multi-agent coordination, and new security standards for inter-agent communication in Windows 11.
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By John K. Waters
CodeRabbit has released a new integration that brings its AI-based code review system directly into Visual Studio Code, along with support for the Cursor and Windsurf IDEs. The extension allows developers to access real-time, in-editor code reviews at no cost, offering a secondary review layer alongside existing Git-based workflows.
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Our columnist envisions a future where citizen developers will be able to create their own "head count" of AI agents performing all manner of tasks for them.
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By John K. Waters
OpenAI's acquisition of Windsurf—formerly known as Codeium—is the company's largest acquisition to date and places the maker of ChatGPT squarely in the heart of the code editor. For developers, this isn’t just news. It’s a direct shift in the tools and platforms that shape their daily workflow.
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By John K. Waters
OpenAI has made its gpt-image-1 image generation model available through its public API, giving software developers direct access to the same system that powers image creation in ChatGPT. The release allows developers to embed high-quality image generation into their applications, workflows, and tools using a simple API call.
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Our columnist throws a spotlight on the Outsystems Platform because, as he sees it, the introduction of its Mentor AI application generator late last year demonstrates the inevitable intersection of LCAP and Generative AI.
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By John K. Waters
Google Cloud unveils AI-first developer tools, multi-agent systems, and hyperscale infrastructure to accelerate enterprise app development.
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By John K. Waters
The Eclipse Foundation has unveiled two major advancements in open-source artificial intelligence development tools: Theia AI and an AI-powered Theia IDE, both aimed at giving developers full control over how AI is integrated into their development environments.
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By John K. Waters
For software developers, nova.amazon.com is more than a model zoo, the company says, it’s the start of a new way to build.
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Microsoft on Tuesday introduced two new artificial intelligence agents, Researcher and Analyst, for its Microsoft 365 Copilot platform, expanding its use of generative AI to support complex workplace tasks. The agents will begin rolling out to select users in April, the company says.
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By John K. Waters
Microsoft has supercharged its Security Copilot platform with 11 new autonomous AI agents designed to help developers and security teams triage phishing alerts, remediate vulnerabilities, and secure AI workloads across multi-cloud environments—marking a major step in automated cyber defense tools tailored for modern DevSecOps workflows.
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By John K. Waters
JavaOne is back in the Bay Area as a stand-alone event, with the release of Java 24 in the spotlight. This release isn't an LTS, but it's a statement of intent—a move toward an AI-ready future, stronger security against quantum threats, and a development experience built for the modern world.
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By John K. Waters
Microsoft has unveiled a complete native port of TypeScript, promising 10x faster build times, dramatically reduced memory usage, and near-instant error checking.
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Microsoft has launched a public preview of its AI-powered coding assistant, GitHub Copilot for Eclipse, further expanding its AI ecosystem into the widely used open-source Eclipse IDE. The move marks another step in Microsoft's push to integrate AI-assisted development across multiple platforms, including those traditionally outside its ecosystem.
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By John K. Waters
The "2025 Java Developer Productivity Report " reveals a landscape undergoing significant shifts, particularly in hiring trends, tooling budgets, and the adoption of new Java versions.
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By John K. Waters
Microsoft has unveiled its first quantum computing chip, Majorana 1, designed to accelerate quantum computing development and deployment in datacenters. This milestone marks a step toward making quantum computing more reliable and accessible for software developers working on next-generation applications.
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By John K. Waters
Microsoft's recent decision to cancel several U.S.-based AI datacenter leases has sparked concerns among analysts about the long-term trajectory of generative AI.
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By John K. Waters
JetBrains unveils a significant expansion to its AI-powered coding tool, AI Assistant, with support for the latest AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Microsoft rolls out the latest update to its flagship integrated development environment, Visual Studio 2022 v17.13, introducing new AI-powered features, including GitHub Copilot Free.
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Google has officially launched Gemini 2.0, a significant update to its flagship AI model, aimed at enterprise users and developers seeking enhanced multimodal capabilities and improved performance.
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By John K. Waters
Cloud services provider DigitalOcean announced the launch of its new GenAI Platform at its biannual developer conference, Deploy, in Austin, Texas. The platform is designed to help businesses of all sizes create and deploy generative AI agents with minimal technical expertise.
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By John K. Waters
As the tech world charges into 2025, O'Reilly Media's latest report on its learning platform usage offers a deep dive into the shifting sands of software development education.
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Our columnist offer advice on how citizen developers can make the most of AI advancements and developer their prompt engineering skills.
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By John K. Waters
GitHub announces the launch of GitHub Copilot Free, offering a no-cost version of its AI-powered coding assistant to developers worldwide.